And the sun goes down, I walk into the waves.

Perez Hilton blogged earlier that Hole had reunited at MOMA in NYC for the premiere of Hit So Hard, a documentary about drummer Patty Schemel. All the members of Hole make appearances in the film so I will definitely have to check that out.

As crazy as Courtney Love is, I will always have a soft spot for her. Celebrity Skin is pretty high on the list of albums that have really meant something to me. I remember hearing it for the first time in middle school and just really, really loving it. I got that album and listened to it over and over, and even after I owned it I would go directly to the music section at the bookstore near my house and just play it in the demo area with the headphones on while my mom shopped. I thought Courtney was exciting and different and I would try to adopt some of her character in my own way. Celebrity Skin was just so great because it was a softer side of the band...they still had that raw edge but it was approachable. To this day I have my copy of Celebrity Skin in my car at all times and I probably listen to "Malibu" at least a couple times a month. It is one of my all time favorite songs.

So seeing the band together brings back a rush of memories. I thank Hole for creating Celebrity Skin and being a big part of my life, really. I grew up to those songs. And really the craziest thing is that when I was thirteen most of my obsessions were bands, books and movies that spoke about or romanticized California. Hole, No Doubt, Clueless, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Slums of Beverly Hills, Foo Fighters, The Craft, Weetzie Bat and the whole Dangerous Angels series are some of those that played a big role in my pre-teen/early teen years. In a time when I felt somewhat out of place in my surroundings, California seemed like this magical place in a whole other world. So now that my dream of reaching California is becoming a reality, I do look back and think how happy my little thirteen-year-old self would be to see that I am just going for it. "Malibu" reminds me of all of that and is still an incredibly magical song to me today.